Re: Existence - not "better" than never existing

Ron Hamilton <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:31:04 -0700

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On 1/21/2011 10:18 AM, T. Howard Pines, Jr. wrote:
> Coming into existence, or "getting to experience life", is not better than never 
> existing.  It can't be, because no such comparison can be made.  Nor can 
> existence be worse than never existing, for the same reason.

Correct.

> 
> In order to say that anything is better or worse for an entity, one necessarily 
> is talking about two different states of welfare or well-being for the entity.  
> But an entity must exist in order to have a welfare state of well-being.  Thus, 
> the comparison between existence and non-existence, from the perspective of the 
> entity, cannot be made.  It is absurd.

Also correct.